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Abbreviation Legend
- (CE) - Criticially Endangered
- (CI) - Critically Imperiled
- (E) - Endangered
- (I) - Introduced
- (IM) - Imperiled
- (NT) - Near Threatened
- (T) - Threatened
- (V) - Vulnerable
- (**) - Recent Classification Change
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White-Lipped Frogs (Leptodactylidae) of the United States
Leptodactylus is a genus oif leptodactylid frogs. It includes the species commonly called ditch frogs or white-lipped frogs. it is very similar to Physalaemus, a close relative and indeed recently described Leptodactylus lauramiriamae is in some aspects intermediate between them. THe name means 'slender finger', from leptos (thin, delicate) and the Greek daktylos (finger or toe).
There is only 1 species native to the United States.
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